954 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY — IV. 
Page CDS. After Vrajiidea cognata add: 
1062 (?>). U. spilofa Cope. 
Brown above, yellowish below, everywhere densely pnnctiilate with 
darker except on the belly; dorsals, caudal, and pectorals barred; anal 
yellowish; dorsal and base of caudal with blackish spots; sides with 
large dark s])ots, forming sometimes seven or fewer cross-bars. Body 
rather elongate. Eye 4^ in head, one-third greater than intcrorbital 
width. Head slightly contracted laterally, not much depressed; one 
preopercular spine (hooked upward); pectoral reacliing vent and front 
of second dorsal, its rays undivided. Spinous dorsal low; anal begin- 
ning opposite fourth ray of spinous dorsal. INo trace of palatine teeth. 
Lateral line incomidete. Head 34; depth 5. D. VlIl-17 ; A. 13; V. I, 
4; Ik 15; B. C. L. 3 inches. Grand Eapids, Michigan. [Cope.) 
(Cope, IToc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1865, 82.) 
1062 (c). U. poaSflcas'is J. A G. 
Light olive above, blotched and spotted with black; lower part of 
sides and below light, unmarked; dorsals, pectora’s, and caudal with 
series of spots. Head much depressed ; snout broad and flat; profile 
straight or slightly concave from uajie to tip of snout; mouth small, 
anterior; maxillary reaching vertical from front of orbit; teeth on 
vomer, none on palatines. Preopercular spine large and strong, spi- 
rally curved upwards and inwards; a single concealed point below 
this on margin of preopercle. Spinous doisal rather low, connected 
with the long, low second dorsal by membrane; longest dorsal spine 
equalling length of snout; origin of anal under third dorsal ray; last 
ray of anal under sixteenth of dorsal; veutrals I, 4, reaching | distance 
to vent; pectoral rays all simple; vent midway between tip of snout 
and base of caudal. Lateral line continuous to base of caudal. INo 
prickles. Head 3| in length; depth 4f; eye 5^ in head. D. YH-ID; 
A. 13; P.17, Lake Michigan. 
(Jor. & Gilb. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882.) 
Page ODD. Instead of the description of Uranidea franJdini, given in 
the text, insert the following : 
1069. II. fD’aBiIiaBBia (Ag.) Jor. 
Body rather short and stout; snout not very obtuse; maxillary 
reaching about to pupil ; eye 4 in head, twice the interorbital space ; 
preoi)ercular spine hook-like, very acute ; paired fins rather short, the 
pectorals not reaching vent; first dorsal nearly as high as second; 
